Hosiery display device



June 16, 1959 F. L. SWARTZBERG HOSIERY DISPLAY DEVICE Filed July 12,1956 v1N VENTOR FRED LANE SWARTZBERG ATTORNEYS United StatesPatentOfilice 2,890,793 Patented June 16, 1959 HOSIERY DISPLAY DEVICE FredLane Swartzberg, High Point, NC.

Application July 12, 1956, Serial No. 597,461

1 Claim. (Cl. 20680) This invention relates to merchandising and moreparticularly to a display device which may be utilized to convenientlyhold and display hosiery, as well as a plurality of swatches of materialshowing color lines, the

display device being so designed as to be conveniently incorporated in aloose-leaf binder and/or special carrying case.

As is well known, hosiery is now manufactured in many different stylesand/or patterns and colors, together with a wide variety of patterns,and in the merchandising of such hosiery, it is customary for salesmento carry samples thereof, which must be maintained in clean, attractiveand presentable condition at all times and yet be readily available forinspection. While individual packages for such hosiery may beemployedflhese are inconvenient and bulky and consequently, anarrangement which will permit incorporation of samples in a loose-leafbinder and/ or special carrying case effectively protects the same and,at the same time, provides a readily available means of inspection. Itis also common practice to manufacture several different basic styles ofhosiery and to provide a variety of colors in each basic style andaccordingly, one sample of the basic hosiery style may be displayed anda plurality of swatches showing the various colors available in thatstyle may also be carried and displayed in order to assist the salesman.

It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a hosierydisplay device which may be conveniently and economically manufacturedfrom readily available material, such as cardboard, or the like, andwhich may be incorporated in a loose-leaf binder, and/or specialcarrying case.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hosiery displaydevice, including means for retaining folded hosiery in place in flat,readily visible condition and, at the same time, to retain and display aplurality of swatches or material showing the different patternsavailable in the particular style of hose carried by the display device.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a hosierydisplay device for retaining folded hosiery in a flat display positionand at the same time, permitting convenient removal or replacement ofsuch hosiery for inspection purposes.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a hosiery displaydevice for holding and displaying hosiery and in which such hosiery issecurely held in place without mutilation or damage thereto and withoutnecessitating the use of fastening means extending through such hosiery.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent fromthe following description taken in conjunction with the accompanyingdrawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front plan view of a hosiery display device constructed inaccordance with this invention and showing folded hosiery in placethereon in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 a rear plan view of the hosiery display device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1. With continuedreference to the drawing there is shown a hosiery display deviceconstructed in accordance with this invention and which may wellcomprise a generally rectangular panel having top and bottom edges 11and 12 respectively and side edges 13 and 14. The panel 10 may beprovided with a plurality of apertures 15 adjacent the side edge 13 inorder to permit convenient incorporation of the panel in a loose leafbinder or other similar device.

- The panel 10 may be cut in any desired manner from any suitablematerial, such as cardboard, plastic or the like,,and the entire panelmay, if desired, be formed in a single die-cutting operation. There isprovided in the panel 10 an elongated slot 16 spaced from the top edge11 and substantially parallel thereto and the slot 16 is formed with atongue 17 extending from the bottom edge 18 of the slot 16 andterminating in spaced relation to the top edge. The side edges 20 and 21of the tongue 17 terminate in spaced relation to the side edges 22 and23 respectively of the slot 16 and notches 24 and 25 are provided in theside edges 20 andv 21 respectively of the tongue 17. Received inthenotches 24 and 25 and extending around the tongue 17 is an elastic band26, the purpose of which will be presently described.

A second elongated slot 27 is provided in the panel 10 spaced from thefirst slot 16 toward the bottom edge 12 of the panel 10 andsubstantially parallel to the slot 16. A tongue 28 extends from the topedge 29 of the slot 27 and terminates in spaced relation to the bottomedge 30 of the slot 27. The side edges 31 and 32 of the tongue 28terminate in spaced relation to the side edges 33 and 34 respectively ofthe slot 27 and the side edges 31 and 32 of the tongue 28 are providedwith notches 35 and 36 respectively. An elastic band 37 extends entirelyaround the tongue 28 and is received in the notches 35 and 36. Thepurpose of such elastic band 37 will be presently described.

It is to be noted, that the tongues 17 and 28 are in the plane of thepanel 10 and furthermore, that the slots 16 and 27 extend from a pointadjacent the side edge 13 to a point substantially midway between theside edges 13 and 14 of the panel 10.

As shown in Fig. 1 in dotted outline, a single sock 38 or if desired, afolded pair of hosiery may be positioned beneath the elastic bands 26and 37 which will serve to securely hold the sock 38 in place on thepanel 10 and it is to be noted, that the notches 24 and 25 in the tongue17, as well as the notches 35 and 36 in the tongue '28 will retain theelastic bands 26 and 37 in position and the sock 38 will be retained ina flat, substantially unwrinkled condition, due to the fact, that thecontraction of the elastic bands 26 and 37 is limited by the side edgesof the tongues 17 and 28. As will be seen, the sock 38 is readilyvisible or may, if desired, be conveniently removed from the elasticbands 26 and 37 to permit closer inspection thereof. The sock may thenbe readily replaced beneath the bands 26 and 37 and will be retained onthe panel 10 for future examination.

Since, as stated above, it is frequently desirable to display aplurality of swatches showing the various colors available in aparticular hosiery style, there has also been incorporated in thedisplay device of this invention means for retaining a plurality of suchswatches and this means may well take the form of a mask 39 comprising agengerally rectangular sheet overlying the panel 10 and secured theretoby a suitable adhesive or the like extending around the edges of themask 39 and leaving the central portion thereof free of the panel 10.The mask 39 is secured to the panel between the top and bottom edges 11and 12 and extends from the side edge 14t0 a point substantially midwaybetween the side edges 13 and 14 and the mask 39 may be provided with aplurality of display openings 40.

Asbestshown in Figs. 3 and 5, a plurality of swatches 41 may be disposedbetween the panel 10 and the mask 39 and such swatches 41 will bevisible'through the display apertures 40. The swatches 41 may beinserted or removed merely by sliding the same beneath the sheet formingthe mask 39 and such swatches will be retained in place in a flatcondition and will be fully visible through the openings 40.

It 'Will thus be seen, that by the above described invention, there hasbeen provided a relatively simple, yet highly effective hosiery displaydevice which may be utilized for retaining a sample sock or otherhosiery in fiat display condition and protect the same against damageand, at the same time, a plurality of swatches of material showingvarious colors may be retained and displayed and the entire displaydevice may be con veniently incorporated in a looseleaf or other binder,in order to occupy a minimum of space.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes maybe made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scopethereof and, therefore, the invention is not limited by that which isshown in the drawing and described in the specification, but only asindicated in the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A hosiery display device comprising a generally rectangular panel havingtop, bottom and side edges, means in said panel adjacent one side edgefor securing the same in a looseleaf binder, an elongated slot in saidpanel spaced from said top edge and substantially parallel thereto, atongue extending from the bottom edge of said slot in the plane of saidpanel and terminating in spaced relation to the top edge of said slot,the side edges of said tongue terminating in spaced relation to the sideedges of said slot, a notch in each side edge of said ,4 tongue,an-elastic band extending around said tongue and received in saidnotches, a second elongated slot in said panel spaced from said firstslot toward the bottom edge of said panel and substantially parallelthereto, a second tongue extending from the top edge of said second slotin the plane of said panel and terminating in spaced relation to thebottom edge of said second slot, the side edges of said second tongueterminating in spaced relation to the side edges of said second slot, anotch in each side edge of said second tongue, a second elastic bandextending around said second tongue and received in said last namednotches, said slots extending from a point adjacent one side edge to apoint substantially midway between the side edges of said panel wherebyfolded hosiery may be disposed beneath said first and second bands toremovably retain said hosiery in substantially fiat condition on saidpanel for display purposes, a mask comprising a sheet overlying saidpanel between said top and bottom edges and between the other side edgeand a line substantially midway between the side edges of said panel,said sheet being secured to said paneltonly around the edges of saidsheet and a plurality of display openings in said sheet whereby aplurality of swatches of material may be disposed between said sheet andsaid panel and displayed through said openings.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,009,507 Green Nov. 21, 1911 1,622,314 Gosch Mar. 29, 1927 1,714,774Goldsmith May 28, 1929 1,856,375 Cohen May 3, 1932 1,980,526 Herzog Nov.13, 1934 2,021,070 Levine Nov. 12, 1935 2,098,814 Swanson Nov. 9, 19372,246,622 Dennis June 24, 1941 FOREIGN PATENTS 169,680 Austria Dec. 10,1931 415,103 Great Britain Aug. 17, 1934

